On airplanes, I dread the conversation with the person who finds out I am a minister and wants to use the flight time to explain to me that he is “spiritual but not religious.” Such a person will always share this as if it is some kind of daring insight, unique to him, bold in its rebellion against the religious status quo.

Min. Lillian Daniel,United Church of Christ, 2011

II. The West without GodBelief in God, according to percentage of population: